Mine Index Number: 5671
| Company Name:
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John Denning
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| Mine Name:
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Denning Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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1883
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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35
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N 1⁄2 NW SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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45
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5.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| John Denning
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Denning
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1882-1883The mine may have operated before June 1882, because the 1883 Coal Report indicated 2 acres had been mined. Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined.
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2,000The mine may have operated before June 1882, because the 1883 Coal Report indicated 2 acres had been mined. Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Copy of land deed
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1877
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(text only)
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1:24000The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mine type.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Land deed & transfer information from La Salle County Recorder’s office, courtesy Denning family - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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